Fashioning an opportunity

Senegal. Eric thought he fulfilled his childhood ambitions (“family’s ambitions”) by pursuing a decade long career in Finance. However, attending UCLA Anderson had the opposite effect of cementing his career in this sector.

Instead it triggered a deep feeling of dissatisfaction and uncertainty about his career trajectory. A year of self-examination led those feelings to be supplanted by a desire to enter the world of fashion. Introduced to it at an early age by his mother, Eric felt like Fashion alone still would not suffice.

Realizing the deep impact that education had on the women of his family, socio-economically and culturally, starting with his grandmother’s introduction to college back in the 1920’s, he found it to be a great addition to Le Dessein’s mission: providing the opportunity of an education to young girls from underprivileged communities from around the world by featuring their art on his fashion.

The process involves the notion of self-esteem and empowerment through ownership. Ownership of the drawings the women have created which are embroidered onto the clothes. Our commitment is to contribute 25% of our profits to their education – with the goal of supporting 10,000 of them in school, and the vision of creating leaders and future legacies…

Women

A wide selection of stylish fashion clothing for all occasions including: dresses, tops, knitwear, skirts, eveningwear, coats, suits, jackets and more. Styles to suit a variety of tastes from classic to vintage and more in between: recycled and upcycled. This is sustainable ethical fashion at it's best.

Men

If you're looking for something eco or ethical to wear for dress down friday, a casual weekend or holiday, you'll find it here. Tops, t-shirts, jeans, trousers from mainly fairtrade and organic cotton.

Kids

Green fashion for kids is fun and made mainly from natural fibres including organic cotton and Fairtrade cotton. From baby to early teens, there's something to make all kids happy. Bright colours, animals, fun shapes that children can wear all year round.

Accessories

A treasure trove of accessories from around the world can be found here. A vast selection of jewellery including necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings to shoes, hats, bags, handbags and scarves. Whatever your style, these items will complete any outfit.